overkill
Example Sentences
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Tod notes that the security system he’s installed is “overkill” for a private residence, necessary only “if you are in danger, you have something to hide — or both.”
From Los Angeles Times
Diana Moss, the director of competition policy at the Progressive Policy Institute, called AB 1349 “overkill” when it comes to the provisions and restrictions it places on the secondary market.
From Los Angeles Times
For me, it happens often enough that this approach feels less like overkill and more like mercy.
From Salon
But I would agree with Williams that it was probably overkill.
From MarketWatch
Together, they represent overkill of an enormity that should be considered essentially unfathomable.
From Salon
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